Appearances

Main Pokémon games

Pokémon Spinoffs

Tapu Lele made it's first appearance in the anime in SM020, where Ash and Pikachu see it floating over the ocean. It scattered it's glowing scales on Ash, healing the wounds he sustained while rescuing a Wimpod that was trapped in a cave, and then took off to the sky. After Ash goes back to Professor Kukui's house, it is identified as a Tapu Lele by Rotom Pokédex.